Jazz Articles about Anat Cohen

About Anat Cohen

Live Review

Anat Cohen Tentet SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA May 19, 2019 Swinging one moment, meditative the next. That typifies the style of clarinetist Anat Cohen. A native of Tel Aviv, the 39-year-old Cohen studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston before moving to New York City. Over the years, she has been recognized worldwide as an “Up and Coming Artist," “Clarinetist of the Year" and “Multi-Reedist of the Year." Cohen has also ranked in ...

Album Review

Anat Cohen: Happy Song

Read "Happy Song" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
June 25, 2018

Il 2017 è stato un anno superlativo per Anat Cohen. Nuovamente eletta migliore clarinettista nei referendum di critica e di pubblico di Down Beat, ha pubblicato due splendidi album di musica brasiliana (Rosa dos Ventos e Outra Coisa rispettivamente col Trio Brasileiro e con Marcello Gonçalves) e ha chiuso l'anno con il debutto di questo tentet diretto da Oded Lev-Ari. Quest'ultimo è stato suo compagno al liceo e al conservatorio di Tel Aviv. Nel 1996 s'è trasferito con Anat a ...

Interview

Anat Cohen: Musical Zelig

by R.J. DeLuke
June 21, 2018

In the 1983 Woody Allen film Zelig, the pseudo-documentary's main character is a man who, out of a desire to fit in, takes on the characteristics of the people he happens to be around, including, in chameleon-like fashion, turning up as a black jazz musician in Chicago. (The character, played by Allen, is white). Since arriving on the New York City scene in 1999, via Tel Aviv and the Berklee College of Music, Anat Cohen has exhibited qualities ...

Multiple Reviews

The Art of the Duo: Keys and Reeds

by Geno Thackara
March 11, 2018

Two duos, both alike in dignity, though taking the approach to very different ends: Anat Cohen and Fred Hersch Live in Healdsburg Anzic Records 2018 What's taken these two so long? Okay, of course they've both juggled collaborations and cross-pollinations in many different contexts, and considering the nature of the job, it's probably not too surprising that Anat Cohen and Fred Hersch need time to fit new endeavors into their busy schedules. ...

Bailey's Bundles

Seven Women 2018 - Part I

by C. Michael Bailey
January 24, 2018

If 2017 taught me anything, it was that my “Five Women" column would need to expand. So, this year, we will enlarge the format to “Seven Women" and be the better for it. Anat Cohen Tentet Happy Song Anzic Records 2017 Anat Cohen's excellent Happy Song was released last year and expertly covered by All About Jazz's Geno Thackara in his review of the release. In his review Thakara shared an anecdotal exchange ...

Live Review

Anat Cohen Tentet at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
December 16, 2017

Anat Cohen Tentet SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA December 3, 2017 An evening with clarinetist extraordinaire Anat Cohen is an unforgettable experience. Residents of San Francisco were fortunate to see Cohen and her Tentet at SFJAZZ on a cool Sunday evening. A native of Tel Aviv, the 38-year-old Cohen studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston before moving to New York City. A decade ago, the Jazz Journalists Association awarded her both “Up ...

Multiple Reviews

Anat Cohen: Rosa Dos Ventos e Outra Coisa

by Angelo Leonardi
October 23, 2017

Anche quest'anno Anat Cohen è risultata prima clarinettista nel critics poll di Down Beat e questi nuovi album concorrono a spiegare le ragioni. La musica brasiliana è da vent'anni nel cuore di Anat: ha suonato con i loro massimi artisti e sa esprimere a tal punto il mood e l'intensità di quelle musiche (choro, samba bossa nova, forrò, frevo e altro) che risulta incredibile il suo non essere brasiliana, ma israeliana di nascita e statunitense di adozione. Quando ...